Lac Buenos Aires General Carrera Marble Cathedral

It is known as lake buenos aires by the argentineans.
Lac buenos aires general carrera marble cathedral. Chile is home to incredible marble cathedral this formation is carved by erosion of part of lake general carrera or lake buenos aires between chile and argentina. Carrera lake has a maximum depth of 586 meters. It is 200 km long at an altitude of 350 meters and has a maximum depth of 590 meters. And a pretty big lake at that.
The formations have three main islets a few meters away form the shore called the cathedral the chapel and the cave. In total it s got a surface area of 1 850 square kilometres of which 970 area on the chilean side and the remaining 880 belonging to argentina for those keeping scores that makes it chile s largest lake and argentina s fourth largest at its deepest point the lake is some 586 metres deep. Embarking at the port of río tranquilo head first to the incredible marble chapel nature sanctuary to visit its network of caves especially the famous chapel and cathedral caverns. It is identified as the largest lake in the country.
It is known as. Well it s a lake. The lake drains to the pacific ocean on the west through the baker river. What and where is general carrera lake.
The entire lake covers a surface area of 1 850 square kilometers of which 970 square kilometers are inside of chile. As well as being the deepest lake in south america general carrera lake is the biggest lake in chile with a surface area of almost a thousand square kilometers. The monumento de los dos congresos in the plaza des los dos congresos in the monserrat district was created in stone from nancy the monument was designed by the belgian architect eugène d huicque 1877 1955 and the bronze statues are the work of the belgian artist jules lagae 1862 1931. Get ready to kayak through the many tunnels whose unique colors textures and volumes make for an amazing photographic record.
It is located on the border between argentina and chile in the lake general carrera or lake buenos aires. The amazing vibrant blue and grey cave chambers submerged to some extent all lay in memorizing turquoise. The marble chapels in general carrera lake chile are mineral formations made of calcium carbonate located on that lake just a few miles from the small village of puerto tranquilo. We present to you this extraordinary place.
The marble caves most famous of them is the capilla de mármol marble chapel are located on lake general carrera buenos aires depends which side of the lake you are on patagonia chile the boat tours usually leave from puerto tranquillo a little town río ibáñez. The archdiocese of buenos aires is a roman catholic metropolitan see in argentina. The metropolitan archbishop is cardinal mario aurelio poli appointed in 2013. The lake is of glacial origin and is surrounded by the andes mountain range.
To find the origin of the marble rocks that make up the place we have to go back 370. The remaining portion of lake some 880 square kilometers belong to argentina.